问题 单项选择题

   有科学家认为,由父母选择基因“组合”下一代的时代已快来临了。在“组合”未来的“非常婴儿”方面,父母们面对的是一道多项选择题,他们可以选择让婴儿能抵抗常见疾病和感染的基因,这样婴儿不会害怕癌症、心脏病等;父母让孩子的个子长高一点、头发浓密一点也并非难事。

  在美国的普林斯顿,科学家们成功地利用基因改善了老鼠的大脑功能,经过“加工”的老鼠比其他普通老鼠明显聪明得多。这种神奇的效果来自于从外界植入老鼠体内的一种基因,这种基因产生名为NR2B的化学物质。人脑当然比老鼠的大脑复杂得多,但它们的工作原理实际上是一样的。

  至于说到为孩子选择人格与个性,其实也不是匪夷所思的,专家相信,个人个性的特点中至少有一半是由基因的特性决定的。

  科学家打算将来自不同个体的基因――比如聪明一些的和迟钝一些的,好看的和普通的――混合在一起进行研究,以便了解为什么人们会在力量、耐力、敏捷性等方面有差异。当这些主管天赋与性格的基因的奥秘解开之后,未来的父母就离“设计”自己的孩子又近了一步。但技术上的难题是,人为注入的基因大部分都是人体内自有的,因此如何确保这些外来基因能发挥作用,取代原来的基因是个关键。

  有专家对基因工程能否如人们所认为的那样大步向前跃进持怀疑态度,因为在基因和染色体的世界里,随机性因素很多,基因一旦站错了队,不仅不能发挥出人们预先估计的作用,反而会给别的重要基因带来影响,甚至破坏它们。

  要想给人的自然基因“升级”,只有通过“人造染色体”,可是人的染色体数目的标准是23对,加进人造染色体后,就必然引起染色体数量上的变化。如果未来人类还遵循有性繁殖规律的话,这些多出来的染色体还会传给下一代,这会带来什么后果多出来的染色体怎么办就是世界一流的科学家现在也无法对这些问题做出明确回答。

在“组合”未来的“非常婴儿”方面,父母们面对着多种选择,下列各项不属于其选择内容的一项是()。

A.健康

B.外形

C.记忆

D.个性

答案

参考答案:C

单项选择题
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London has already hosted the Olympics twice before and the 2012 Olympics will make it the first city in history to have held three Olympic games.

The first London Olympics in 1908

These games were going to be held in Rome but, because of a volcano, Rome wasn't ready.London agreed to stage the games and the White City Olympic Stadium was built in just 10 months.What was new at these Olympics was the opening ceremony where athletes paraded(列队行进) with their teams behind their national flags.Only 22 countries took part and the profits were just over £21,000!

The second London Olympics

Because of the Second World War, the 1944 Olympics were cancelled.Four years later the war was over and London was able to hold the Games in 1948.Things were very different in London during these Olympic Games and many years of war had left the UK poor and hungry.People called them the "Austerity Games".But there were still some great sports and some exciting events!

59 countries took part, more than at any other Olympics before and the USA won the most medals with 84.For the first time, cameras filmed the games and broadcast them on television so that people could watch them in their own homes.

The third London Olympics in 2012

The Games this year are going to be bigger, better and more exciting than ever before. There will be more than 10,000 athletes from 204 countries taking part!

London wants to make sure that the benefits of the Olympics don't just last for a few weeks in summer but go on much longer.The buildings have been designed and constructed so that they can be used for different things when the Games are over.

小题1:The text is mainly about _____.

A.London will host the Olympics again

B.London's Olympic history

C.London's Olympics will last much longer

D.London is ready for the Olympics小题2:London hosted the Olympics in 1908 instead of Rome because _____.

A.London could build a stadium in 10 months

B.only 22 countries took part

C.there was a volcano eruption in Rome

D.London could make more profits than Rome小题3:The second London Olympic Games were called the "Austerity Games" because _____.

A.the UK were poor and hungry then

B.there were some great sports

C.the previous Olympic Games was jcancelled

D.about 59 countries took part小题4:The underlined word "them" refers to _____.

A.the 59 countries

B.the 84 gold medals

C.all the athletes

D.the games小题5:According to the text, we know that _____.

A.the benefits of the Olympics used to last for months afterwards

B.the 2nd London Olympics attracted more countries than any other Olympics

C.the buildings for the 3rd London Olympics have more functions for future use

D.the 2nd London Olympics were cancelled because of the Second World War